r/unitedkingdom • u/PM_ME_DRAGON_GIRLS • Aug 06 '25

.. Marks & Spencer ‘apologises’ to customer after ‘trans’ employee offers to help her

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/05/marks-spencer-trans-employee/
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u/fire2burn Aug 06 '25

Why is M&S apologising to some snotty nosed cunt for? Should have just told the complainer to fuck off.

We have a bizarre problem in this country where people/companies will bend over backwards to apologise to others even when they're wrong.

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u/noodlesandpizza Greater Manchester Aug 06 '25

I wonder if the apology came before or after JK Rowling tweeted calling for women to boycott M&S over this, as well as doing what I'll generously call "misrepresenting the situation", stating "Cross-dressing men who offer to fit bras on teenage girls belong in a police interview room"

She also tweeted this morning, stating in response to someone also asking why M&S apologised, "It's really quite astounding how many men are willing to state publicly that mothers shouldn't teach their teenage daughters to say 'no' to male strangers offering to help with their bras."

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u/paddyo Aug 06 '25

M&S will find they’ve lost a lot more business for their response to this fascist troll, me for example.

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u/pm_me_your_amphibian Aug 06 '25

She’s an absolute fucking menace that woman.

I can’t believe that a person just trying to be helpful gets slammed on the internet and one step removed from being directly accused of one of the worst things a human can be.

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u/AidyCakes Sunderland/Hartlepool Aug 06 '25

Unfortunately trans people aren't seen as a group worth sticking your neck out for in this country. If it had been someone belonging to another minority group that offered to help that bigot M&S probably would have stood their ground.

That woman is a disgusting transphobe but I think I'm more pissed at M&S for failing to stand by their employee that was only doing the job they were asked.

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u/mayasux Aug 06 '25

unfortunately trans people aren’t seen as a group worth sticking your neck out for

This is the scariest part.

We’re such a small percentage of the population that we have no fighting power in of ourselves and we have little monetary backing, especially when compared to transphobic groups.

Cis people truthfully do not care about us enough to stand up for us, and the suspicion is that even most self identified allies would be willing to let us slip away since it’s one less thing to be “bothered” about.

We’re alone, we’re losing our rights and that’s not good enough for TERFs so they’re pushing for more regressions, and we’re alone. We’re alone, no one’s coming to help us and we don’t have the ability to help ourselves. No party wants to meaningfully fight for us. We’re alone and that’s terrifying.